Peralta Injured; Semerzier Faces Replacement Pineda at UFC on FX 2

UFC officials Tuesday announced that Peralta has suffered an injury
and will be unable to rematch Semerzier as originally expected at
UFC on FX 2. In his place steps Daniel
Pineda (Pictured), who made his Octagon debut at UFC
on FX 1.

The featherweight contest joins 10 previously announced bouts on
the bill, including a headlining 170-pound matchup pitting Thiago Alves
against Martin
Kampmann.

Peralta and Semerzier first met at UFC on Fox 1 in November. The
competitive bout ended in controversy, as Semerzier was floored by
an accidental head-butt which went unnoticed by referee John
McCarthy. Peralta finished his stunned opponent with
ground-and-pound, earning a technical knockout victory. However,
Semerzier’s camp appealed the decision with the California State
Athletic Commission soon thereafter, and the verdict was changed to
a no-contest.

A winner of eight consecutive bouts with the exception of the
aforementioned no-contest, Peralta owns 11 of his 15 career wins by
knockout. “Problems” earned his first UFC win in September,
outpointing Mike Lullo at
Fight Night 25. The victory came on the heels of Peralta’s breakout
victory over Hiroyuki
Takaya at Strikeforce “Diaz vs. Daley” this past April.

Pineda, 26, has won eight of his last nine fights. Following a
stint in the Legacy Fighting Championship that saw the fighter
capture the promotion’s featherweight and lightweight titles,
Pineda quickly submitted fellow Octagon newcomer Pat
Schilling in his Jan. 20 UFC debut, finishing the bout with a
rear-naked choke in just 97 seconds.